Allowing public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity

Section 2823(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–33(a)(1)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (B)(viii), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (C) award grants or cooperative agreements to appropriate entities for the expansion and modernization of public health data systems by— (i) developing State- or region-wide, real-time (or near real-time), accurate, and scalable systems for tracking— (I) hospital bed capacity; and (II) how such capacity affects emergency department boarding rates, wait times for treatment in emergency departments, and the amount of time emergency medical services personnel are waiting in emergency departments to offload patients; and (ii) establishing or maintaining a public-facing dashboard of the information tracked pursuant to systems described in clause (i), with such information redacted in accordance with applicable privacy laws..